12. muffintop-less: Dealing with Change I am often asked how to deal with friends and family who don’t understand the desire to eat healthy and exercise…  Honestly, it can be rough at first. What you need to keep in mind though is that it’s natural for people to be wary of things they don’t completely understand. When you decide to change your lifestyle to something of a healthier nature, be prepared for people to question and criticize you. Change can be a very difficult thing for many people to handle. Some on the other hand will be there to encourage you along your journey. Here are a few tips I have for those of you going through this: Lead by example - make healthy food, eat healthy food, exercise, be positive. By showing people that you enjoy your life and the things you do, they will be more likely to understand. Explain when asked - if people don’t get why you’re skipping dessert or choosing grilled over fried, be prepared to explain that you want to put only good things in your body. It’s the only one you have, so you’re treating it well. Be patient - it may take your friends and family some time to adjust to this “new you”.. but so long as you give them time and remain patient with them, it’s more likely as time wears on that they will come to accept, and perhaps even join your new, healthy way of living! Be prepared for some people to never accept this. As hard as it is to hear… you may come to find that some people in your life truly weren’t your friends to begin with. I myself discovered this… When I stopped raging every day and didn’t want to grab Taco Bell and lounge around on the couch all day, there were people who not only made fun of me and criticized me, they virtually disappeared from my life. In the end though, I’m thankful for this. It made it much easier to weed out the ones who were genuinely happy for me and WANTED me to be happy and healthy… and those that just wanted me to keep them entertained and make them feel better about their OWN lives. Be strong, stay positive <3

    muffintop-less:

    Dealing with Change

    I am often asked how to deal with friends and family who don’t understand the desire to eat healthy and exercise…

     Honestly, it can be rough at first. What you need to keep in mind though is that it’s natural for people to be wary of things they don’t completely understand. When you decide to change your lifestyle to something of a healthier nature, be prepared for people to question and criticize you. Change can be a very difficult thing for many people to handle. Some on the other hand will be there to encourage you along your journey.

    Here are a few tips I have for those of you going through this:

    • Lead by example - make healthy food, eat healthy food, exercise, be positive. By showing people that you enjoy your life and the things you do, they will be more likely to understand.
    • Explain when asked - if people don’t get why you’re skipping dessert or choosing grilled over fried, be prepared to explain that you want to put only good things in your body. It’s the only one you have, so you’re treating it well.
    • Be patient - it may take your friends and family some time to adjust to this “new you”.. but so long as you give them time and remain patient with them, it’s more likely as time wears on that they will come to accept, and perhaps even join your new, healthy way of living!

    Be prepared for some people to never accept this. As hard as it is to hear… you may come to find that some people in your life truly weren’t your friends to begin with. I myself discovered this… When I stopped raging every day and didn’t want to grab Taco Bell and lounge around on the couch all day, there were people who not only made fun of me and criticized me, they virtually disappeared from my life. In the end though, I’m thankful for this. It made it much easier to weed out the ones who were genuinely happy for me and WANTED me to be happy and healthy… and those that just wanted me to keep them entertained and make them feel better about their OWN lives.

    Be strong, stay positive <3

About me

chinese, from the eternally sunny country of malaysia. 19. God's girl.

i love beaches, roses, puppies & kittens, and sunsets. my idea of a good time? running. getting lost in an interesting book. basketball. friends. good conversation. laughing. shopping.

i love life. for all its whimsical changes and adversities, for all its beauty and harshness. everything it has to offer, i embrace it with all my heart and hunger for more.

come, world. show me what you got.

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5'3'
HW - 143
LW - 88
SW - 130 (april 2011)
CW - 116 (sept 2011)
CW - 110 (feb 2012)
GW - 105

this is a blog to motivate me to eat better and improve my relationship with my body. i support healthy weight loss, but if you have an ED, i won't judge you as i've been down that path in the past.

there is so much more to life than just that, so i also post things which are not food or weight loss related.

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